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VIDEO: Videos of test detonations at Sandia National Laboratories of thin explosive films, about as thick as a few pieces of notebook paper. view more
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Using thin films no more than a few pieces of notebook paper thick of a common explosive chemical, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories studied how small-scale explosions start and grow. Sandia is the only lab in the U.S. that can make such detonatable thin films.
These experiments advanced fundamental knowledge of detonations. The data were also used to improve a Sandia-developed computer-modeling program used by universities, private companies and the Department of Defense to simulate how large-scale detonations initiate and propagate.
Melissa Fusco is a KENS 5 All-Star Student. Author: Vanessa Croix Updated: 11:30 PM CST March 2, 2021
SAN ANTONIO A Judson ISD student has already paved a path of success in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
In the equation of life, Melissa Fusco, a Wagner High School senior, has been calculating the climb to becoming No. 1.
“I ve always loved learning,” she said. “Math has always been one of those subjects that I love.”
“She s the young lady that always just aspires for herself,” said Patricia Santos, a counselor at Wagner High School.
So, let’s do the math.
Between being a member of the swim team and participating on the UIL Computer Science Team, Melissa divides her time between multiple activities.
Johnson to retire from NAWCWD after 45 years Sunday
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake will celebrate Dick Johnson’s almost 45 years in the Weapons Division this Sunday but instead of a traditional flag-raising ceremony, NAWCWD will fly in each F/A-18 model currently operating at China Lake in recognition of his dedication.
Johnson came to China Lake in 1976, where his main focus for years was improving the capabilities and readiness for F/A-18s.
“He worked on sensor upgrades, navigation communications and data links and cockpit systems,” a press release from NAWCWD reads.
He has led the Advanced Concepts/Flight Plan team at China Lake since 1993, “supporting Super Hornet and Growler readiness and warfighting improvements extending out to 2040.”
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 2/17/2021 5:05:45 PM
The one message that stuck with Jim Guy ever since he was a young boy growing up in Cleveland, Ohio was the importance of getting an education.
His parents grew up in the 1920s, and life as Black people coming of age was anything but easy.
“They were subject to severe racial discrimination,” Guy said of his parents James and Josephine.
Yet they persevered, with James eventually beating the odds and becoming a doctor, and he wanted his only son to know that it would take hard work – “twice as much as a white man,” Guy remembers his father telling him all the way back to when he was in second grade. That was the path he needed to follow to a bright future.
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Student government leaders from the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology unequivocally urge legislators to cover the Legislative Lottery Scholarship shortfall by allocating $9.7 million from the General Fund to the Lottery Tuition Fund. Since four-year higher education students are not included in the Opportunity Scholarship in its second year of conception as promised by the governor, students will be forced to fall back on the Lottery Scholarship. This makes it more important than ever to address this shortfall.
As the student-body president at the University of New Mexico, I have talked to many students about their priorities and concerns. Our student body reflects society and is often split on how it views societal topics. However, the importance of the Lottery Scholarship and its impact on students’ ability to stay in sc